"Are these the last of the reports?" Elsa was weary, but she wanted to make sure she had all the information. Unraveling Hans' ten-year-old plot was proving... difficult.

"Yes your majesty," Kai intoned. His queen let out an exhausted sigh. She had been trying to figure out who and what and where and why for some time now. Between paper trails, ghost leads, false leads, red herrings, double/triple agents and a lack of coffee, the path to protecting Sophia was proving... difficult.

Difficult; that word came up a lot these days.

There was a pounding on the door. Kai wearily approached, knowing exactly who it was. The captain of the watch was a stubborn drunk. Anyone who had to patrol the boarder between Arrendelle and Meridian was. The problem, currently, was that neither country was particularly corrupt, and so the mountain towns boardering them were the only places a black market could operate.

It was almost impossible to arrest anyone when they could flee to another country, or international waters at a moment's notice.

"Her majesty-!"

"Is smokin' hot, but stupid," the captain belched out, "I need to talk to her!"

Kai sighed. How had this man been allowed in? Officer or no, he had no place in the castle.

"Let him in," said Queen Elsa. His name was on several documents, "Yes?"

The captain, not expecting that he would be heard, stumbled into the room, "Sss'bout Cap'in Black, ma'am!"

"...yes?"

He wasn't expecting her to be so willing to hear him, "Well... he's a rouge!"

"I am aware."

"He'd been operatin' for twenty years! And he had a kid!"

"Sophia, yes, she's in the castle," Lied the queen.

"So why are you investigating him?"

"I'm not sure whether whose side he's on!"

"He's on the other-side, ma'am."

"How can you be sure?" She questioned, motioning to the documents simultaneous praising him for turning in criminals, and condemning him in inquiries about his criminality.

"'Cause I was the one who saw his body!"

...a moment of silence passed as the queen and the captain realized that they weren't communicating effectively.

"He's dead, ma'am."

Kai and the queen exchanged a look, "But... I saw him not three days ago."

"Captain Blacksails has been dead for weeks!"

"Captain John Black..."

"Is the Blacksails. It's passed from one captain to the next. The first Blacksails was a pirate from the Southern Isles. He did shadow work for the royals there. Then he died. His successor was Captain John Black!"

Pieces clicked into place, "But... he had a crew! They knew who he was!"

It was the officer's time to be befuddled, "But, Blacksails' crew died with him; gristly murders they were."

Elsa rose quickly, "If Blacksails and his whole crew are dead... who has Sophia?"

"...surry, what?"

Elsa ran from the room, "Sven!"

She ran down the hall, down the stairs and out of the castle. She ignored Kristoff's greeting and grabbed his reindeer.

"HEY!"

She climbed into the sled and shook the reins, "Sven go!"

"You don't tell him to go! I tell him to-!"

And she was gone.

A.N. now she knows that Sophia is with a dangerous character...